Ian Craggs
Executive Technical Consultant at Waterstons
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolIan Craggs is an Executive Technical Consultant with over a decade of experience architecting and delivering embedded and networked systems from Newcastle upon Tyne. He specializes in MQTT and MQTT-SN protocols, contributing C clients for Eclipse Paho and participating in OASIS standardization work, which underscores his blend of hands-on embedded C expertise and standards-level influence. At Waterstons he advises on technical strategy and implementation, translating complex connectivity requirements into robust, production-ready solutions. His MSc in Computer and Network Technologies complements a practical focus on lightweight messaging for constrained devices and industrial IoT. Colleagues value his ability to bridge deep protocol knowledge with pragmatic consultancy, often spotting interoperability issues before they reach production. Outside client engagements he advances open-source tooling around MQTT ecosystems, including Sparkplug-related work that supports real-world telemetry deployments.
11 years of coding experience
Master of Science (MSc), Computer and Network Technologies, Master of Science (MSc), Computer and Network Technologies at University of Northumbria at Newcastle
Github Skills (85)
python10
package-management10
windows10
broker10
embedded10
eclipse10
cpp10
client-library10
mqtt10
linux10
api10
cpp-library10
spy10
conan10
java10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
eclipse-paho/paho.mqtt.c
Jan 2016 - Feb 2025
An Eclipse Paho C client library for MQTT for Windows, Linux and MacOS. API documentation: https://eclipse-paho.github.io/paho.mqtt.c/
Contributions:23 releases, 28 reviews, 265 PRs in 9 years 2 months
apilinux-windowspahowindowseclipseiot
eclipse-paho/paho.mqtt.embedded-c
Feb 2016 - Nov 2018
Paho MQTT C client library for embedded systems. Paho is an Eclipse IoT project (https://iot.eclipse.org/)
Contributions:1 release, 4 reviews, 19 commits in 2 years 9 months
eclipse-iotpahoiot-projecteclipseiotclient-library
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